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Photograph of two men standing in the waters of Warm Springs, Moapa Valley, circa 1920s

Date

1920 (year approximate)

Description

Two men standing in the Warm Springs in the Moapa Valley.

Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back: "Warm Springs, ?, ?, Floyd & Earl?"

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Photograph of the swimming pool at Las Vegas Spring, 1916

Date

1916

Description

People swimming in a pool at the ranch at Las Vegas Spring, 1916.

Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back: "Old Ranch pool 1916"

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Aerial photograph of Frenchman Mountain looking southwest, May 4, 1949

Date

1949-05-04

Description

Aerial view of Frenchman Mountain, with the Las Vegas Valley behind it.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from handwritten notes on back: "View SW"

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Photograph of the Board of Regents, January 1963

Date

1963-01

Description

Description provided with photograph: "Board of Regents - January, 1963. Left to right: Louis Lombardi, Proctor Hug, Juanita White, Grant Davis, and Harold Jacobsen."

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Photograph of Bill Harrah and Martin Stern, Jr. at the Harrah's Tahoe tower (Stateline, Nev.), 1972

Date

1972

Description

Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Bill Harrah (rt) and Martin Stern, Jr. signing a girder at the topping out ceremony for the Lake Tahoe Hotel Tower, 1972." Handwritten transcription from original: "During construction of Harrah's Tahoe Hotel Tower. Mr. Harrah and Martin Stern, Architect."
Site Name: Harrah's Tahoe
Address: 15 Highway 50

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Memorial to President Ulysses S. Grant, menu, Saturday, August 8, 1885, Aborn House

Date

1885-08-08

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Embossed portrait of President Grant on cover; menu bound with black ribbon. Quotes on page 2: "I can go in safety where millions have gone before;" "Let the Blue and Gray shake hands today;" "Let us have peace" (Grant's 1868 campaign slogan) Restaurant: Aborn House Location: Des Moines, Iowa, United States

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Postcard showing the Sahara Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), mid 1970s

Date

1975 to 1979

Archival Collection

Description

View of the facade of the Sahara from the Strip with the text "Greetings from Las Vegas." Transcribed from back of postcard: "World Famous Sahara Hotel. 'On-The-Strip' in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Mac Miller." Publishing info from original: "Pub. by Las Vegas News Agency, Las Vegas, Nevada. Genuine Natural Color Made by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, N.Y., U.S.A. 1972 D.P.I. Made by Dexter Press Inc. West Nyack, New York."
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Address: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Interview with Virginia Sanchez, with Patricia George, September 11, 2004

Date

2004-09-11

Description

Narrator affiliation: Activist, Nuclear Risk Management for Native Communities
Access note: May not quote in any form without written permission from interviewee

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Photograph of hardware store, DeKalb (Ill.), circa 1931

Date

1930 to 1932

Description

Prescott's Hardware Store in DeKalb, Illinois. Hole in window was where they stole guns and a steel trap. Wint. (W.A. Davis) and policeman Elmer Larson went out to the suspect's house and later in the day, they caught the thief. In back of sporting goods store was a photo lab. (Quote from Winthrop A. Davis, photographer.)

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Photograph of Cyril Wengert, circa 1919

Date

1918 to 1920

Archival Collection

Description

Portrait of Cyril Wengert. In this photograph he is estimated to be about 30 years old. Written on the front of the photogrtaph is the name, "Weyle" which is most likely the name of the photographer.

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